Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a "Norton in Your Neighborhood" community conversation with Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) to discuss the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), the impact of recent rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and other congressional matters tomorrow, October 23, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The D.C. Center for the LGBT Community, 2000 14^th Street NW.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give opening remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new health center today, October 22, around 12:30 p.m. at Community Connections, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. The new health center, a result of a partnership between Unity Health Care and Community Connections, called "Healthy Connections," will focus on providing mental health services and substance abuse treatment, as well as on closing the gap in primary and behavioral health care services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered condolences to the family of Benjamin C. Bradlee, the Washington Post's most distinguished editor, and called him "the father of investigative journalism." Bradlee spent twenty-six years at the Washington Post, beginning in 1965, and saw the paper through such historic events as the Watergate scandal and the Pentagon Papers. Bradlee went on to win a Public Service award for the Watergate coverage. Norton commended his commitment to the First Amendment and to government accountability and transparency.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will deliver opening remarks at the swearing-in ceremony of Jenny R. Yang, the first Asian-American EEOC chair, today, October 21, 3:30 p.m. at EEOC Headquarters, 131 M Street NE. Norton, who was appointed in 1977 to the EEOC as the first female chair by President Jimmy Carter and enforced federal job discrimination laws, will honor the achievements of outgoing EEOC chair Jacqueline A. Berrien and welcome Yang into her new position.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a "Norton in Your Neighborhood" community conversation tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the campus of Howard University's School of Divinity, 1400 Shepherd Street NE. Norton invites Brookland area residents, and other District of Columbia residents, to join her and the Brookland Neighborhood Civic Association in a community discussion on preserving Brookland Green at Brookland-CUA Metro Station, furthering D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in a panel discussion on District of Columbia voting rights after the screening of "Un-Natural State" at the Decade of Docs in Our City film festival, tomorrow, Saturday, October 18, at 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Navy Memorial Burke Theater at 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Norton plays a prominent role in the 2009 documentary, which focuses on D.C.'s lack of full and equal representation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter Norton sent to District of Columbia hospitals seeking to ensure they are "fully prepared should an Ebola patient walk through their doors." She said that the purpose of her letter was to see if specific assistance is needed from the federal government.

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